Suratman Markasan

Suratman bin Markasan was born on 29 December 1930 in Singapore, to Malay parents of Javanese descent. A pupil of the Malay schools, he trained at Sultan Idris College in Tanjung Malim, in Perak, then returned to teach in Singapore, first in a Malay school, then at secondary level from 1961 to 1968 and beyond. A member of the Malay teachers' union and of the literary movement of the Writers of 1950, he wrote his first poem in 1954. A poet and novelist, who also signs S. Markasan or Suman Mali, he received the Cultural Medallion and the Southeast Asian Write Award. He died on 27 February 2024.

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• NovelTak Ada Jalan KeluarSuratman Markasan · 1962not translated into EnglishLiterature